Finding Family

Chapter 30 - The Truth Hurts

Authors Note: This chapter is in the real world now. No more dream world.

Amber woke up on the floor a building that was closed. They all sat up and looked at each other.

"Where are we now?" Amber sat up and rubbed her head, "Why do I feel so tired?" Amber got on her hands and knees and looked up to find everyone else still unconscious. She looked and found everyone there. Sakura was sprawled out on the ground, her clothes barely covering her. "Oh my Ra!" Amber crawled over to Kaiba. "Kaiba...wake up!" Kaiba groaned and opened his eyes.

"What? I just got up..." he noticed the scared look in Amber's eyes.

"Seto...what's wrong with Sakura?" Amber gripped his arm. He stood up and helped her up. She held onto his arm tightly. She was practically crushing it.

"Calm down, she'll be alright." Kaiba sighed, I hope she will. The two rushed to Sakura who looked pretty beat up.

"Seto..."

"Be quiet for a second." Kaiba checked her pulse. "She's alive. Just resting. We should wake up the others."

Harmony...please help her. Amber fumbled over to Yugi, Please! I'm begging you! Kneeling down beside her boyfriend she shook him awake. "Yugi...come on...wake up!"

"Not now mommy. Mr. Quakers is singing me a lullaby." Yugi turned over.

"Mr. Quakers...YUGI!"

"Don't yell Mr. Quakers...I'm trying to sleep." Yugi moaned and turned over.

"YUGI!" Yugi's eyes snapped open and he sat up.

"Huh?" Yugi looked around, "Where are we?"

"I don't know," Amber replied, "Mr. Quakers."

"Dang it. I knew I shouldn't have kept my rubber ducky." Amber looked at Yugi with an odd look. "Dang it! I'm not supposed to say that!" Amber laughed sadly.

"We have a problem. Sakura's not waking up!" Kaiba called from where she was. Joey was siting by Sakura also.

"Harmony..." Amber got down on her hands and knees as her golden pearl began to glow, "Please help our friend. She means so much to us. She has helped me. I beg of you, help her. She's too speacial to let go." Yugi, Joey, and Kaiba looked at Amber as her body glowed, "Please? I have been cleansed, I need you to help us." Amber bowed her head. Please? Help us.

My child, I can help but I can not appear on earth in my body. I have become too weak.

Use my body.

Are you sure?

Yugi watched as Amber stood up.

Yes Lady Harmony, I'm sure. Harmony stroked Amber's face and pressed her lips against hers. Amber felt her world spin as she was thrust into Harmony's body. Amber stood, her eyes a hollow gold. She walked over to Sakura and put her hands over her chest. A faint glow appeared over Sakura. Amber fell back onto the floor, her eyes becoming normal again.

"She'll wake up soon." Amber panted, "Sorry for all of this."

Sakura stirred. "Oh...my head." Sakura sat up and looked at them all. "I have some explaining to do don't I?" Everyone nodded.

"Yeah...what was that about?" Amber sat up, "Tell us."

"Not here. Let's go to my place." Kaiba helped Sakura up while Yugi helped Amber up.

"Okay Seto." Amber looked into her brothers eyes, "I really am sorry about all of this."

"It's okay. Mokuba is probably worried sick." Amber laughed lightly. Kaiba noticed Amber holding her head. She closed her eyes and collapsed into Kaiba.

"She's just tired. I know we all are." Sakura sighed.

The limo ride was full of sleeping passangers. Even though they were in the dream world they were still tired and some extra rest wouldn't hurt them.

Once at the mansion the driver was kind enough to alert Kaiba. The ceo nodded and woke everyone else up. They got out and went in the front doors. Amber yawned and sat down on the couch.

"Spill."

"Spill?" Sakura sat down with the others in the living room.

"Yeah," Yami replied looking at Sakura.

"Does this have anything to do with the merger in my company?" Kaiba asked suspiciously.

"Yeah...it does." Sakura looked at all of them, "You see, I can't stay here as long as I have without some...issues. I know what I became back there," Amber gave her, 'It was only a dream' look. "Amber, it wasn't a dream. I'm afraid that once Aroga is gone then I must return to my duties which I wained in before."

"What are you talking about?" Joey asked, "I'm so confused."

"We all are," Amara looked at Amber then at Sakura.

"What's going on? Why did you suddenly want a merger with my company so bad?" Kaiba his arms around Joey who was leaning into him.

"Well...as soon I found out my father had left a will I became distracted and let Aroga escape. I had no choice but to chase him so I needed an alibi to stay. So-"

"So you took over the company and made sure to do a press conference to make it seem that is what you were there for so Erik and Aroga wouldn't suspect."

"Yes. If they thought I had left my duties they wouldn't bother me so I could work behind the scenes in helping-"

"Me to realize my true power." Amber finished. Sakura nodded, "You should have told me."

"If I did would you have really let go of all those emotions?" Amber looked down and shook her head no, "I thought so."

"Stop interupting the girl and let her finish." Joey exclaimed and was pulled closer to Kaiba getting the message to be quiet.

"Anyway...I...my duty is to stop all the evil in the shadow realm from escaping and help the good souls stay safe until they're set free. My job, ever since I've been born, my destany is that. I have stayed in contact though."

"So you being in our world was all a lie?" Yugi looked shocked.

"Why?"

"Kaiba, Yugi...I couldn't tell you. Under the orders of Ra himself. It is my opointed duty to do so. Cala and Caru have gotten much stronger since we've been down there and it is not easy to keep angry spirits in the shadows. One spirit I have never been able to contain there is Bakura. Although now that he is good..."

"Where is Cala? I don't see Caru."

"She's talking with Bakura now. They don't see each other much." Sakura sighed, "As guardian of the shadows I must watch over the shadow realm. When I'm in my guardian form down there it means I can never die. I'm sorry I have lied to you all but for the sake of keeping you safe it was nesseccary. I'm sorry."

"It's okay. But I mean, if that is your destany...then..."

"Then what?" Yugi asked looking at Amber.

"Then what is mine?" She looked at her hands, "What is my role in this world. It is apparent that I am just as powerful as Sakura and as such then...what is my duty? What is my role? It is obvious magics of this magnitude can not stay in this realm for long. It's too dangerous."

"You are right," Sakura replied "Whatever you do though...you will be so wonderful at your job." Amber nodded sadly, "As such, magic of this level is dangerous even now. My pharoah, you have great and powerful magic."

"So why am I allowed to remain on this earth, as with Kaiba and the others who hold magical items?"

"You have items to level yourselves out. Mine, mine is just a weapon, a secondary item created by the magic of souls and as such, it is not as powerful. You, the mighty pharoah-"

"Watch what you say. He might get an ego." Everyone glared at Seth. "What?"

"As I was saying, you created this items but you also gave yourself up in the process. Cala and Caru were just used to make a weapon. One of these days, Subaru will soon find her own magic is too powerful and will have to return to her own realm where she must guard it." Everyone looked at Joey when Subaru was mentioned.

"We broke up cause we found we didn't really get along in a relashionship!" Everyone looked at Joey with an 'Oh' face. "Yeah..." Joey shook his head and kissed Kaiba on the lips.

"Everyone who holds a millennium weapon, of which only two, for the main purpose of providing a guardian for a different realm, will be destroyed once this ordeal is over." Sakura sighed, "And I fear that an even more powerful evil will come. And I'll be there to watch over it."

"Yes but..."

"But what Amber?" Yugi asked pulling her into a hug.

"What if I have to leave this place to?"

"That is un-decided yet. Ra will make that choice."

"It's not fair!" Amber stood up, an angry expression on her face, "Why should my life be controlled all the time. First I was made in a lab then I was controlled by my emotions, now..."

"Amber?" Kaiba stood up.

"NOW my life will be decided by an egytion god that NON of us can be sure is real!" Tears rolled down her face, "I just want to be free!" Amber was in screaming mode now, "I'm not spoiled and I'm not stupid! I just want to live my life MY way! Is that so wrong! Tell me, is it?" Amber left the room leaving a whole group of stunned faces.

"I feel so for her," Yugi said after ten minutes of silence, "She can't escape anyones control. It's scary to think about...to think about being controlled all of my life. I can't say I wouldn't react the same way right now if I just heard this."

"I shouldn't have mentioned anything." Sakura hung her head.

"No...she needed to heart the truth. Without truth life is just one big lie," Joey replied, "I know so. Mai was in the same mess at one point."

"So that leaves one very important question."

"And Kaiba, what is that?" Yami asked.

"What do we do now?" Everyone nodded and sighed. This was going to be a long night.